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Human dartboard
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<p>The human dartboard is a contemporary <a href="/facts/Sideshow/sDPsbYom">sideshow</a> act in which one person throws <a href="/facts/Dart_(missile)/BryqePrm">darts</a> at another person. Usually the thrower is the target's assistant or a member of the <a href="/facts/Audience/BtMhrVba">audience</a>. This act was popularized by the <a href="/facts/Jim_Rose_Circus/UIez7eqg">Jim Rose Circus</a>, where it was performed by Jim, in the role of the target, and his wife Bebe, who threw the darts. Usually darts are thrown into the back of the target, and the <a href="/facts/Vertebral_column/Nuw1kV7o">spine</a> is protected by a board or other long object stuck into the waistband. </p>